Section 9706 Of Article 5. Partial Year Payment Of Weight Fees From California Vehicle Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 5.
9706
. (a) Application for partial year registration in conjunction
with an application for original California registration shall be
made by the owner within 20 days of the date the vehicle first
becomes subject to California registration. Any application for
partial year registration submitted after that 20-day period shall be
denied registration for a partial year, and the vehicle shall be
subject to payment of the fees for the entire registration year. In
addition to the fee for the registration year, a penalty, as
specified in Section 9554, shall be added to the fee for
registration.
(b) Any application to renew registration for a part of the
remainder of the registration year or for the entire remainder of the
registration year shall be made prior to midnight of the expiration
date of the last issued registration certificate. Application shall
be made upon presentation of the last issued registration card or of
a potential registration issued by the department for use at the time
of renewal and by payment of the required partial year fees, or, if
renewal is for the remainder of the registration year, by payment of
the annual fee required by Section 9400 or 9400.1, as reduced
pursuant to Section 9407.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an owner who
registers a vehicle pursuant to this article during a calendar year
shall, if the vehicle was not operated, moved, or left standing upon
a highway, file a certificate of nonoperation prior to the date of
the first operation of the vehicle on the highways in a manner which
requires that registration and shall, by December 31 of each calendar
year thereafter, file a certification pursuant to subdivisions (a)
and (b) of Section 4604 when the vehicle is not registered for
operation on the highways for the succeeding calendar year.
(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), the owner of any vehicle
being moved or operated for the purpose of providing support to
firefighting operations while the vehicle or owner is under contract
to the United States Forestry Service, the United States Department
of the Interior, the Bureau of Land Management, the Department of
Forestry and Fire Protection, or the Office of Emergency Services may
obtain partial year registration if application is made within 20
days of the date the vehicle is first operated, moved, or left
standing on the highway and the owner has obtained a letter of
authorization from the department prior to the date that the vehicle
is first operated, moved, or left standing on the highway.